General-service railway car



0. HOCHBEHG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY CAR.

o. IIIICII'BEIIG.

GENERAL sEIIvIcE IIAILwAY cAII.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3. I9I9. E K 1 ,405,415, Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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o. HQCHBERG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION man Nov. a. 1919.

. Patented Fe1e7, 1922.

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I I I I l I l I I I I I I I I I I I 0. HOCHBERG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY CAR. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3`. I9I9.

Patnted Feb. 7, 1922.

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'gg/ILM O. HOCHBEHG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY CAR.

APPLwA'noN FILED Nov. s. 1919.

Patented Feb.- 7, 1922.

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. HOCHBERG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY CAR.

I APPLICATION FILED ANOV. 3. 1919. 1,405,415.

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o. HOCHBERG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3. 1919.

0. HOCHBERG.

GENERAL SERVICE RAILWAY'CAR.

APPLICATION F1151) Nov.3'.1919.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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. the car extending between the trucks;

UNITED srAre-s siding at New York city, New York County,

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Be it known that "I, :OSCAR- HooHBERGre New York, and being a citizenof the United States, have invented certain newand iusevful Improvements in General-Service vRail-l way Cars, of whichthe following is ajiull, clear', and -eXact description, ,su'ch, ,as will I one side of the car, the section being taken enable others skilledV in the art to which itv appertains to make andpto use the saine, reference beingy had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred orrn'ofV the invention, though it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited to theeXact details -of .construction shown and described, asv it is obviouszthat various modi-yl lications thereof within the .scope Voi the f will occur to persons skilled in thev claims artf' 1 -ln said drawings:

Figure l is a side elevational view of that portion of the car above 4the trucks, showing in broken lines the position of the wheels of the truck ;V l

Figure 2 is la snnilar'view of a portion vof Figure 3 is-an' end elevational view;

extending from the 'end and side wallsto beyond the middle of the car and'beyond the center sills; i A .Y

i Figure is atransverse sectional view'gof on line 5-5 of Fig. l,`looking in the direcf tion indicated bythe. arrow showing theV doors in closed positionv and'indicating in broken lines the dropped or dumping posi-V tion of Said doors;

' of an intermediate portion of the car, the.

Figure 6 is a similarview, the section being taken on line 67-6 off Fig. 2, looking inthe direction indicated by the arrow;l

Figure 7' is a longitudinal sectionalview section being taken on .line 7 7 ofFig. G,

looking in the'directionindicated vby ,the

arrow, and `showing the. upper portion vof the side wall broken away;

Figure 8 is a similar viewof thatA por? tion of theV car overlying"the'trucks, the section being taken on line S-S'oi Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

invention relates' to tha-tfclass vof railway `cars primarilyv designed'to carry coal application filed November 3,'i919. serial No. aasee.

or' similar vlading 'and which are-- adapted is lsubstantiallyv .Wholly' madek .up of l :drop doors2 sov thatl such car, .-'when used inf coal carrying -or alike service, rwill, :beentirely selfeclearingl ,A .fAparticularfand :further vobject 'fis-"to-:so'

arrange the tfloor 'anddispose'V the'drop 7doors thereof that a' largev part" offt'he' spacebetween the trucks of the` car-may beutili'aed orfload-icarr-ying purposes.-

1 ..-'6() i A further object ,fis tof provide azcar ofk .the 'character Amentioned inxwhiclr-I the; floorV 'l @ther objectsand advantages I in .l connection with the detailed A'description of n:the parts, of whichffl indicates the "wheels of" the truck', Zth'e centersill extending preferably "throughout" thelength oit-the. car 1 and which may loe-built up Vas showninlthe drawings, comprisingl-fgapair of lrolled meine bers 3. spaced apart and united by means of the usual` coverplate 4 which-may extend the full length of car it de`sir'ed;.that iportion'of the center sill extending'betweenthe trucks vmay Vbeffurtherprovidedl with shed y dingcaps 5 `to expedite discharge .of the ladingat this jp'oint.

l. d s vThe-'centensills are. supported labovethe i v1; rlu'cks'by means of ,the holsters" 6' compris# ing diaphragins 7, top coverlfplate 8, bot# Y toin cover plate v"9,1"center plate.-10,and:side` bearings 1'1, all as "shownv clearly in Figs.l 5

sideV walls 12, designed to Vcarrylfthe greater parto the load vv'atpoints intermediate ithe.

holstersl and said walls Vare inade'upinfthe conventional manner, that is; tof in. the form of a girder comprising'a.web-platefl i having preferably a load,detle`c`tingy Portion 1S' for transmitting load' `stresse's'in the: cen:

ter sills between the'bolst'ers-` toV the laside walls. These" crossflbearers 18 .comprise dia- 'l ph'ragnisr'119,j'top' chordsl, and bottomy chordsl, and, with holsters-'6, extend llf;

wardly from the side wall of the car, or if desired, inwardly and upwardly, as shown.V

Between the cross-bearers 18 and intermediate the trucksofthe car, l kprovide secondary cross bearers or floor 'beams 22, which may be made up as shown in Figures 6 Aand 7, of web pieces 23, cover plates 24, and bot.

tom pieces 25. These floor beams are arranged 1n series on each side of the center sill as indicated inV Figs. l and 7, and areV 18, are drop doors 26 pivoted tothe center sill at -27 land extending upwardly toward the sidewall :where their free edges close againstfabutments 28 ofthe side walls. Said abutments together' with projections or door framing members 29 on cross-bearers 18 and the projecting load deflecting edge 30on the shedding cap Y5 of the center sill, operate as seals to- `prevent the escape of granular lading, through the4 joints at the door edges.

Supported at the side of the car and adjacent the free edgesof the doors are dooroperating shafts 31 arranged on each side of the. car andadapted, as in the embodiment shown, to carryA the load through the medium of latches 32 depending yfrom the underside .of .the doors. These shafts, `preferably in twoY sections, extend from end to endof car and are actuated by suitable op erating devices 33 mounted'on the ends 12rl of the car as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In a similar fashion said shafts between main cross-bearers 18 and theends ofthe car operate doors 261 received in the openings between said cross-bearers and holsters 6 and betweensaid holsters and the car ends.

The doors 26nl are hinged atahigher level than are the doors intermediate the trucks in order to provide rsui'licient slope for said doors when in the dropped or dumping position .over the trucks. For this purpose these doors are hinged to a rail 34e, of suitable section, extending from cross-bearer 18 to the car end; this rail is held in lposition between bolster Vand cross-bearer diaphragme 7 and 19 to which it is secured, and to end wall of car by suitable Yconnections 35. lf greater stability is desired, the rail 34e may be further reinforced by brace plates 36 resting upon thesillsat points between bolster and end wall of car and between bolster and cross-bearer, substantially as shown in Figs.

1, 4i, 5, and 8, and by va top shedding plate 5,KV

-. From the foregoing it is clear that the floor doors 26a over the trucks are hinged at a point preferably above the level of operating shaft 31, and the doors 26 between the trucks hinged below the level of said operating shaft. Although the doors 26 and 26L may' be pivoted at points respectively below and above shaft 81', the front or free vedges of vsaid doors when closed rest in planes'preferably above said shafts thereby permitting all of said doors to be supported at the car sides in a common plane though pivoted indifferent vertical and horizontal planes. It will be further noted that the set of doors 26 between the trucks and the set of doors 26u above the trucks lie respectively in planes intersecting at a point approximating the free edges of all of said'doers.

By -thus bringing the free .edges of both sets of doors to a common plane when in their closed position I am enabled to use an operating shaft common to the ldoors above and 'between the trucks without necessitatingthe use of different types of door operating mechanism for each set of doors. A further advantage is that since the doors are positioned substantially vin the plane. of the upper margins'of the cross-members, vthe floor of the car between theV cross beams and on opposite sides vof the center sill and over the trucks presents no obstruction .to the loading of long materials. 1f some of the long material desired to be carried is of no greater length than the distance between the cross beams, that portion vof the lading may fill the space between said cross beams, and the lading of greater length rest upon the floor portions over the trucks and spanning the depressed intermediate floor pocket-s with their lading of lesser length, thus utilizing the entire cubic capacity Aof the car. The sloping of the depressed flooring between the trucks towards the center sill and the hinging of the doors .thereof in a plane below the free edges thereof provides maximum load capacity for the car and .permits a large radiusof movement for the doors in their progress to open positionfor the rapid discharge of the lading through large unobstructed openings between the car side vand the free edges of said doors.

TWhat I claim is:

1. ln a dumping car, side and end walls, a floor extending from wall to walland conposed substantially,wholly of doors hinged longitudin'allyv of the car at different levels, and door operating shaft adjacentto Vand below the free edges of all ofsaid doors.

2. ln a dumping car, side and end walls,

a floor extending between said walls and comprised largely of drop-doors hinged longitudinally ofthe car at different levels, and

wall 'tow'all' at' dier'entlevels,A andva door operating shaft extending longitudinally-of the floor and Abelow'llthe tree-1 edges' Vof all j of said doors. na dumping car, side andfend walls, a 1 Hoor extending between" said walls and cornp'oscdlargelyt of: 'dropldoors hingedflongitudinally 4ofthe car atffdilfferent levels-and arranged to dump outwardly, and a'doo'r-Y operating fsliaftf adjacent to yand below l the free edges-off"allotsaiddoors;4 '51 v5'. lnadumping''can-silo and' end wallsf a floor extending between said wallskandl substantially wholly Composed of drop doors hinged longitudinally ofi the -oar and at 'dit-l ferenty levels: and certain ofwhich doors: inclinejupwa'rdly'toward the-sideof the car, and an operating shaft arranged adj acentto and below the ree edges. of all of' the doors.v .f 6. yIn 4adumping' car,v side :and endfwalls, ailooreXtendingl ibetweensaid'Y walls and comprised largely of drop-'doors hinged longitudinally of the :car at differentl levels and arranged 'tof"dump `outwardly,.certain ofy which 4doors incliner;upwardly toward ranged adj acentto;'and'I below the free edgesy of .all offthejdoorsl l 1 i f 7. In ,a dumpingc'ar, sideand yondv walls, a licor:` extending between '1 said walls and substantially whollycomposed ofl dropedoors hingedlongitu'dinallyf of the vlcar in dii'ferent horizontal planes and' certainiof :which doors incline upwardly-toward the car side, l and an .operating sha-ft; arranged adjacent to andbelow the free edges of'all of thetdoors; f8..` In aidurnpingtear, side l.and end walls, a; hooi-.extending between.. sai-dwalls: and conpr-ised.v largelyf: ofidrop-doors-l hinged longitudinally ofthe can in gdierentfhorizontal; planesand "arrangedfto dump' outr-l wardly7 I. certain lof- 5 which doors i incline upwardly-toward? the-car :side'fand an oper-v ating shatwadjacent to and below -tliefreeA edgesrofallfot the doorsg: j

9. In a dumping car, side and end walls, axf floor! :extending between -i said walls "and composed'y substa'nti'allyl"wholly: of dropdoors arranged.' with theirfree edges 1in a conunon'- horizontal -:plane Y and' :opposite pive .otedl edges; at fdiiierent-.nlevelsf'and do0r operating shafts adjacent said .free edg'e's;

flO In sa dumpingcar, v side :and endV walls,

a -iioon extending betweenf-said' walls"y and l composedl substantially whollfyvt off-l dropdoors hinged longitudinallyof.thecar and with their: .tree edges arranged: in. a "eorninon horizontal plane. and .oppositepivoted edges at differenttlfevels, and doorperatingshafts adjacent said free edgesflf j i. Y* 411.111' a dumping'icarjv side iand endwalls, a floor ez'ztending betweenisaid -walls` and comprising` door'srarranged f with their lfree edges-ina common-horizontal plane and op-4 posite pivoted edges at'different levels,f and 12. In a dumping car, sidel and end walls;

' a'iioorv extending .between .Said walls and composed substantially wholly offdrop- 70, doors arranged longitudinally-ofi the carpA and hinged at 'different levels',fdoorloper ating i shafts arranged 'adj acont" to the free edges of said doors, saidl free edgesbeing j arranged infacornm'on horizontalr plane. 75

13. lIn ai dumping 'car,` side"and end walls, a floor extending between said walls and composed substantially wholly of drop-doors hinged longitudinal-ly oi? theffcar and at dif-r ferent levels,' door'operating; shafts arranged 80 adjacent to thefreejefdges of s'aiddoors, said freeedges being arranged in a vcolnnion ho'ri# zontalblane.` W1 1 ff 14.- .In a dumpingcar, lside and endiwalls, a floor extendingybetween said walls-and 85 composed substantially wholly-ofl dropdoors hingedv at different levels with g their free edges J arranged in "commonlhori-v zontal'plane,"and door operating shafts adjacent'to'andbelow'said reeedges-- f 90 15. In'a carz'of theclass described,"a

' plurality of 'outwardly dumping doors lover l the trucks, and a plurality ofdoo'rs inclined `when closed andhinged longitudinally---of the car between theitrucksand -at'-alevel 95 below the tree edges of some of saidjdoorsgt 16. In al 'car oil thel class described, Ya plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the 'trucks and hinged ata level above the free edgesthereof, and :a plurality of in- 100 clinedV doors' hinged longitudinally of the car between the trucks and at aflevel below the free edges of some of said doors.' l

17. In a car of thejclass` describedza plurality ofoutwardlydumping doors lover 105 ireeiedges-*of said'=doors.v l f 19.- In a oar logt the class'described,-:ia` plurality of outwardly dumping doors over' the trucks arranged at a level Vabove theel@r free edges thereorn and' al 'plurality of loutwardly dumping inclinedv doors -hingedlongitudinally ofthe car between the trucks *and*Y at a level below thefree edges of saiddoors.-

20. In a dumpingv car, side and end walls,"'125 floor ltraining .membersover the trucks, downwardly and inwardly inclined '-iioor framing rneinbers between the trucks having theirA upper margins at 7a *lower level than those of lthe first mentioned floorwfrarning.

members, and outwardly dumping doors between said wall and floor fra-ming members.

2l. In a dumping car, side and end walls, floor framing members having L1their upper margins high over the trucks and relatively low between the trucks, and outwardly dumping inclined doors arranged between said wall and oor framing members.

22. In a car of the class described, floor framing members over the trucks having their upper margins arranged at a high level, relatively low licor framing members between the trucks having their upper mar gins inclined downwardly and inwardly from the sides of thecar, and outwardly dumping doors positioned between said floor framing members and substantially in the planes of the upper margins thereof.

23. In a car of the class described, floor framing members over the trucks having their upper margins arranged at a high level and inclined downwardly toward the car side, relatively low floor framing members between the ltrucks and outwardly dumping doors positioned between said floor framing members and substantially in the planes of the upper margins thereof.

24. In a car of the class described, floor framing members over the trucks having their upper margins inclined downwardly toward the car sides, relatively low floor framing members between the trucks arranged with their upper margins inclined downwardly and inwardly from the Sides of the car, and outwardly dumping doors positioned between said floor framing members and substantially in the planes of the upper margins thereof.

l 25. Ina car of the class described, a plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks arrangedy ata high level, and a plurality of relatively low outwardly dumping inclined doors between the trucks, said doors being hinged in different vertical planes and inclined when in closed position.

26. In a car of the class described, a plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks arranged at a high level, and a plurality of relatively low outwardly dumping doors between the trucks, the planes of said doors intersecting at the free edges thereof.

27. In a car of the class described, a plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks, and a plurality of relatively Vlow outwardly dumping doors between the trucks, the planes of said doorsintersecting at the free edges thereof.

28. In a car of the class described, a plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks arranged at a high level, and a plurality of relatively low outwardly dumping doors between the trucks, the planes of Moenia said' doors intersecting at the free edges thereof. Y

29. In a car of the class described,- a plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks arranged at a high level, and a plurality of relatively low outwardly dumpingv inclined doors between the trucks, the planes of said doors intersecting at the free edges thereof.

30. In a car of the cla'ssdescribed, a plurality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks arranged Vat a high level, and a plurality ofl relatively lowy outwardly dumping doors between the trucks, all of said doors being inclined when in closed position.

31. In a car of the class described, a plurality of outwardly dumping i'nclinedl doors over Athe trucks arrangedy at 'a high level, and a plurality of relatively -low outwardly dumping inclined: doors between the trucks, the planes of said doors intersecting .atl the free edges thereof.

32. In al car ofl the class described, a plurality of outwardly dumping inclined doors over the trucks arranged at a' high level, and a plurality of outwardly dumping` inclined doors hingedV at a 'lower level, the free edges of all of said doors being supported in a relatively common `horizontal plane.

33. In a car of the class described', a set of outwardly dumping doorsl over the trucks arranged at a high level, and a set of outwardly dumping inclined doors hinged at a lower level, the free edges of all of said doors being supported in a common horizontal plane.

34. In a dump car, doorsy comprising substantially the entire floor of the car, a plu'- rality of downwardly andi outwardly in-y clined doors over the trucks arranged at a high level, a plurality of relatively low outwardly and upwardly inclined doors between the trucks, all Vof said doors being hinged longitudinally of the car with their free edges supported ina common horizontal plane.

35. In a dumping car, a centersill, doors hinged to the center sill in different horizontal planes and having their free edges abutting the car side, the free edges of said 115 doors being supported ina common horizontal plane.

36. In a dumping canal center sill, doors hinged to the center sill above the lower edge thereof and in different horizontal 120 planes and having their free edges abutting the car side in a common horizontal plane.

In a dumping car, a center sill, doors hinged to the center sill-at different levels and abutting with their free edges against '125 doors'over the trucks being arranged at a high level with their free edges abutting the car side in a lower lane, and a plurality of relatively low trucksV with their free edges abutting the car side in a higher plane.

39. In a car of the class described, a plu.- rality of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks, a plurality of relativelylow outwardly dumping doors between the trucks and inclined when closed, a door operating .shaft adjacent to the free edges of said doors, and connections between said shaft and doors.

40. In a oar of the class described, a Set of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks, a set of relatively low doors between the trucks and inclined when closed, an operating shaft, andA connections between said shaft and said doors.

41. In a car of the class described, loor oors between the framing members over the trucks having their upper margins arranged at a high level, relatively low framing members between -the trucks having their upper margins inclined downwardly and inwardly from the sides of the car, and outwardly dumping doors positioned between said floor framing members. i

42. In a ear of the class described, a set of outwardly dumping doors over the trucks arranged at a high level, and a set of relatively low outwardly dumping doors be# tween the trucks, the planes of both sets of doors intersecting at In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR I-IOGHBERG.

Witnesses:

HENRIETTA GIBBS, JosEPHINE MITCHELL.

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